You guys are missing some of the big venues for stampede.
First one is the cowboys tent. Not the club. If you have no connections there you need to be in line around 4pm on the weekends, weekdays you can probably show up at 7 and get in around midnight. I am not kidding, they basically fly pornstars in and the hottest bartenders in north america show up to work there. I wouldn't bother hitting on them though as they work 12 hour days and most are just there to make a bunch of money and get the fuck out of there. A lot of local hot girls work there and are easier to hit on and fuck.
Wildhorse saloon is the epicenter for partying during the stampede. Cowboys was closed down for a few years and they stepped in and took over and it is still going strong. It is on 6th avenue connected to local 522 I believe. Again massive line ups start as soon as that place opens for the day. DO NOT WEAR SANDALS EVER THAT WHOLE WEEK. I promise you that even 3rd world countries are not as dirty as they tents.
I personally do not like going down to the stampede grounds during the day for the fair. For whatever reason that week in Calgary is super fucking hot out. So Imagine a 100,000(no exaggeration) people wandering around a gigantic parking lot with 30-35 degree heat going on. Not to mention the shit head punks running around.
I will say though you need to check out the chuckwagon races at some point. It is a lot of fun and getting general tickets is not too expensive. You get to stand right at the start and finish line and drink your face off. It is in the early evening and the grand stand blocks the sun so it isn't unbearable heat beating down on you.
Also this year is a bunch of new shit opening up and outdoor patios. West has the best one going so far. It is huge, although a lot of people try to get into the tents around the city so this place will be hit and miss during the stampede. Craft is a huge pub that will be opening a new a patio this year that will be huge. The new national is opening up any day now will also have a new huge rooftop patio. 1410 is a pub that has a rooftop patio they opened last year. It is kind of small, but I do enjoy the pub. Usually have DJs in there on weekends as well.
If you are coming from out of town best to get a place right downtown. Calgary has some of the worst cab service on the planet and for the most part public transportation blows. The LRT has gotten better, especially with the west leg finished, but overall it still blows compared to major cities. If you stay straight north of downtown you have no train access or if you get a place anywhere in the SW besides straight west of DT you are nowhere near a train line. Same goes for the deep SE. You will find cheaper places to rent for the week but you will be paying a fortune for cab rides. The train line goes straight south of DT but the problem is Calgary is also very spread out and if you are in a community that is further west or east it can be an impossible walk to the train station. I bet some of those SE communities if you were to try and walk to the nearest station it would take 2 hours.
Finally if you can't get laid during the stampede then I would kill yourself. I have been to pretty much every festival or wild party in North America and the Calgary Stampede is by far and away the easiest to get laid at.
First one is the cowboys tent. Not the club. If you have no connections there you need to be in line around 4pm on the weekends, weekdays you can probably show up at 7 and get in around midnight. I am not kidding, they basically fly pornstars in and the hottest bartenders in north america show up to work there. I wouldn't bother hitting on them though as they work 12 hour days and most are just there to make a bunch of money and get the fuck out of there. A lot of local hot girls work there and are easier to hit on and fuck.
Wildhorse saloon is the epicenter for partying during the stampede. Cowboys was closed down for a few years and they stepped in and took over and it is still going strong. It is on 6th avenue connected to local 522 I believe. Again massive line ups start as soon as that place opens for the day. DO NOT WEAR SANDALS EVER THAT WHOLE WEEK. I promise you that even 3rd world countries are not as dirty as they tents.
I personally do not like going down to the stampede grounds during the day for the fair. For whatever reason that week in Calgary is super fucking hot out. So Imagine a 100,000(no exaggeration) people wandering around a gigantic parking lot with 30-35 degree heat going on. Not to mention the shit head punks running around.
I will say though you need to check out the chuckwagon races at some point. It is a lot of fun and getting general tickets is not too expensive. You get to stand right at the start and finish line and drink your face off. It is in the early evening and the grand stand blocks the sun so it isn't unbearable heat beating down on you.
Also this year is a bunch of new shit opening up and outdoor patios. West has the best one going so far. It is huge, although a lot of people try to get into the tents around the city so this place will be hit and miss during the stampede. Craft is a huge pub that will be opening a new a patio this year that will be huge. The new national is opening up any day now will also have a new huge rooftop patio. 1410 is a pub that has a rooftop patio they opened last year. It is kind of small, but I do enjoy the pub. Usually have DJs in there on weekends as well.
If you are coming from out of town best to get a place right downtown. Calgary has some of the worst cab service on the planet and for the most part public transportation blows. The LRT has gotten better, especially with the west leg finished, but overall it still blows compared to major cities. If you stay straight north of downtown you have no train access or if you get a place anywhere in the SW besides straight west of DT you are nowhere near a train line. Same goes for the deep SE. You will find cheaper places to rent for the week but you will be paying a fortune for cab rides. The train line goes straight south of DT but the problem is Calgary is also very spread out and if you are in a community that is further west or east it can be an impossible walk to the train station. I bet some of those SE communities if you were to try and walk to the nearest station it would take 2 hours.
Finally if you can't get laid during the stampede then I would kill yourself. I have been to pretty much every festival or wild party in North America and the Calgary Stampede is by far and away the easiest to get laid at.
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